Download MendeleyFormation of the complex between DsbD and PilB N-terminal domains from Neisseria meningitidis necessitates an adaptability of nDsbD.
Quinternet, M., Tsan, P., Selme-Roussel, L., Jacob, C., Boschi-Muller, S., Branlant, G., Cung, M.T.(2009) Structure 17: 1024-1033
- PubMed: 19604482
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2009.05.011
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
2K9F - PubMed Abstract:
DsbD transmembrane protein dispatches electrons to periplasmic Trx/DsbE-like partners via specific interactions with its N-terminal domain, nDsbD. In the present study, PilB N-terminal domain (NterPilB) is shown to efficiently accept electrons coming from nDsbD from Neisseria meningitidis. Using an NMR-driven docking approach, we have modeled the structure of a mixed disulfide complex between NterPilB and nDsbD. We show the needed opening of nDsbD cap-loop whereas NterPilB FLHE loop does not seem essential in the formation and stabilization of the complex. Relaxation analysis performed on backbone amide groups highlights a kind of dynamics transfer from nDsbD cap-loop on NterPilB alpha1 helix, suggesting that a mobility contribution is required not only for the formation of the mixed disulfide complex, but also for its disruption. Taking into account previous X-ray data on covalent complexes involving nDsbD, a cartoon of interactions between Trx-like partners and nDsbD is proposed that illustrates the adaptability of nDsbD.
Organizational Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Macromoléculaire UMR 7568 CNRS-INPL, Nancy Université, 1 rue Grandville, B.P. 20451, 54001 Nancy Cedex, France.
